Exodus 17
1 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeys, by the command of YHWH, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink;
Kemudian seluruh umat Israel melanjutkan perjalanan dari padang belantara Sin, lalu berpindah-pindah dari satu tempat ke tempat lain sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN. Mereka tiba di Rafidim dan berkemah di sana, tetapi di tempat itu tidak ada air untuk diminum.
2 and the people strive with Moses, and say, “Give us water, and we drink.” And Moses says to them, “Why do you strive with me? Why do you try YHWH?”
Maka mereka menuntut Musa dengan berkata, “Berikan kami air minum!” Jawab Musa, “Mengapa kalian menuntut saya dan mencobai TUHAN?!”
3 And the people thirst for water there, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, “Why [is] this [that] you have brought us up out of Egypt to put us to death, also our sons and our livestock, with thirst?”
Orang-orang itu kehausan sehingga mereka bersungut-sungut terhadap Musa dan berkata, “Apakah engkau membawa kami keluar dari Mesir supaya kami, anak-anak kami, dan ternak kami mati kehausan?!”
4 And Moses cries to YHWH, saying, “What do I do to this people? Yet a little, and they have stoned me.”
Lalu Musa berseru kepada TUHAN, “Apa yang harus aku lakukan untuk menghadapi orang-orang ini? Sebentar lagi mereka akan melempari aku dengan batu!”
5 And YHWH says to Moses, “Pass over before the people, and take with you from [the] elderly of Israel, and take your rod in your hand, with which you have struck the River, and you have gone.
Kata TUHAN kepada Musa, “Berjalanlah mendahului umat itu dan ajaklah bersamamu beberapa tua-tua Israel. Bawalah juga tongkat yang kamu pakai untuk memukul sungai Nil.
6 Behold, I am standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you have struck on the rock, and waters have come out from it, and the people have drunk.” And Moses does so before the eyes of [the] elderly of Israel,
Aku akan berdiri di depanmu di sana, di atas sebuah batu di gunung Sinai. Pukullah batu itu, dan air akan keluar dari dalamnya sehingga umat bisa minum.” Maka Musa melakukan hal itu di depan mata para tua-tua Israel.
7 and he calls the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the strife of the sons of Israel, and because of their trying YHWH, saying, “Is YHWH in our midst or not?”
Musa menamai tempat itu Masa dan Meriba, karena di sana umat Israel bersungut-sungut dan mencobai TUHAN dengan berkata, “Apakah TUHAN bersama dengan kita atau tidak?”
8 And Amalek comes, and fights with Israel in Rephidim,
Di Rafidim, orang Amalek datang menyerang umat Israel.
9 and Moses says to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.”
Kata Musa kepada Yosua, “Pilihlah beberapa orang dari kita dan keluarlah melawan orang Amalek. Besok saya akan berdiri di puncak bukit dengan membawa tongkat yang sering Allah suruh untuk saya pakai membuat keajaiban.”
10 And Joshua does as Moses has said to him, to fight with Amalek, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur have gone up [to] the top of the height;
Yosua pun melakukan perintah Musa. Dia berperang melawan orang Amalek, sementara Musa, Harun, dan Hur naik ke puncak bukit.
11 and it has come to pass, when Moses lifts up his hand, that Israel has been mighty, and when he lets his hands rest, that Amalek has been mighty.
Selama Musa mengangkat tongkat Allah dengan kedua tangannya, umat Israel lebih kuat. Tetapi kalau dia menurunkan tangannya, orang Amalek lebih kuat.
12 And the hands of Moses [are] heavy, and they take a stone and set [it] under him, and he sits on it, and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, one on this [side] and one on that [side]; and his hands are steadfast until the going in of the sun;
Setelah beberapa waktu, tangan Musa menjadi lelah. Maka Harun dan Hur mengambil sebuah batu untuk Musa duduk, dan mereka menopang kedua tangan Musa, sehingga tangannya tetap terangkat sampai matahari terbenam.
13 and Joshua weakens Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword.
Dengan demikian, Yosua mengalahkan pasukan Amalek dalam perang itu.
14 And YHWH says to Moses, “Write this, a memorial in a Scroll, and set [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens”;
Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, “Tuliskanlah pesan ini dalam sebuah kitab supaya tetap diingat, dan bacakanlah kepada Yosua: Aku akan memusnahkan bangsa Amalek dari muka bumi sampai mereka tidak diingat lagi.”
15 and Moses builds an altar, and calls its name YHWH-Nissi,
Kemudian Musa mendirikan sebuah mezbah dan menamainya “TUHAN, bendera kemenanganku.”
16 and says, “Because a hand [is] on the throne of YAH, war [is] to YHWH with Amalek from generation [to] generation.”
Kata Musa, “Angkatlah tinggi bendera kemenangan TUHAN! TUHAN akan memerangi bangsa Amalek dari generasi ke generasi!”
